Things You Didn't Know!
Let's share those simming discoveries that you didn't know about. Which means we might not know either!
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@EgonVM wrote:I have fantastic news in Movie Night stuff and Growing Together cross-compatibility!
The favorite movie your sim has declared will affect how much they'll enjoy the movie in the movie theatre. Drama is a one extra genre though, so that is an exception here, but still a positive surprise. Also, kids movies unfortunately don't seem to be like family movies, so declaring family movies to be favorite genre doesn't affect the outcome.
Traits will also affect how sims enjoy the cinema movie (with + meaning likes and - meaning dislikes). Here's the list under the spoilers!
Spoiler
- Romance
- Romantic +
- Unflirty - (unless they've declared Romance as their favorite movie genre)
- Kids
- Childish +
- Cheerful +
- Hates Children -
- Horror
- Gloomy +
- Geek +
- Evil +
- Squeamish - (unless they've declared Horror as their favorite movie genre)
- Cheerful - (unless they've declared Horror as their favorite movie genre)
- Drama
- Art Lover +
- Creative +
- Childish -
- Action
- Active +
- Bro +
- Snob - (unless they've declared Action as their favorite movie genre)
- Comedy
- Goofball +
- Clumsy +
- Bro - (unless they've declared Comedy as their favorite movie genre)
- Snob - (unless they've declared Comedy as their favorite movie genre)
In addition, emotions also affect the outcome, as negative emotions make sims like the movie less and positive emotions make sims like the movie more. In addition, sims banned from the movie theater will never enjoy the movie.
You know what, as I have the files open, why don't I also put all the potential movie titles here. Under the spoilers, of course:
Spoiler
- Romance
- Packs & Prejudice
- Simder 2: Master Suite
- Untamed Treachery of the Heart
- Princess Cordelia's Pirates
- Kids
- Critters from the Mauven Forest: the Last Llama
- Peter Barker's Homecoming Hijinks
- SuperKids: Agent Diaper
- VoidBop: The Movie
- Horror
- A Room with No Door
- Death Mirror
- Greg's Revenge
- Moonlight Massacre IV: Cursed Bite
- Drama
- Tournament of Honor
- Dusk Glow 3: Shadowmoon
- Gentleman Corgi: A Memoir
- Of Tea & Treachery
- Action
- Captain Sigma: Olympus Landing
- Treasures of Aarbyville
- Live and Let Diamond
- The Sheriff from Alpha Centauri
- Comedy
- All My Friends are Fred
- The Great Pickle Capers
- Missing Handlebars
- Yibs. Yibs!
So yeah, I'll take a look into TV movies from Movie Night stuff next time!
@EgonVMThat's a great list. I had no idea we had so many movie titles to choose from.
Did you know some of those titles are from get famous. Your sim can actually be in those films (in theory, you won't see them) These titles are : of tea & treachery, Captain Sigma : Olympus landing and The sheriff of Alpha Centauri.
Did you know some of these titles are also books your sim can read. Dusk Glow 3: Shadow moon, Peter Barker's Homecoming, Packs and Prejudice. The last one comes with werewolves, of the others I'm not sure if they are base game. Guess turning books into films is a thing in the sims as well.
Did you know Treasures of Aarbyville is a reference to the sims medieval. In that spin off Aarbyville is a neighbouring country with which you can start diplomacy.
Oh hey, great description on those references, @atreya33 !
It also seems like 4 of the movies are sequels to the movies your sims can watch in Movie Night stuff (Simder 2: Master Suite, SuperKids: Agent Diaper, Moonlight Massacre IV: Cursed Bite, and Live and Let Diamond).
Ah, what a great way to get into the part I've promised: movies.
It turns out that besides declaring favorite, traits do indeed affect how sims enjoy the movie. In addition, negative emotions will make sims enjoy the movie less.
Here's the list of how traits affect movie enjoyment (again, with + meaning likes and - meaning dislikes):
Spoiler
- Action
- Active +
- Geek +
- Bro +
- Lazy +
- Self-Assured +
- Comedy
- Cheerful +
- Goofball +
- Clumsy + (Potion of Luck failure outcome included!)
- Gloomy -
- Family
- Childish +
- Family-Oriented +
- Good +
- Evil - (Begonia Scented flower gift included!)
- Hates Children -
- Horror
- Evil + (Begonia Scented flower gift included!)
- Gloomy +
- Erratic +
- Loner +
- Foodie -
- Romance
- Art Lover +
- Music Lover +
- Romantic +
- Jealous +
- Loner -
- Non-Committal -
So yeah, in conclusion, traits do affect movie enjoyment. Noone dislikes action movies at home!
I don't know if I'll take a look at TV channel outcomes, but we'll see.
Fun fact: The only way to age young adult+ vampires up is by gifting them a flower arrangement scented with Death Flower. Giving it to an elder vampire won't kill them.
Also fun fact, Death Flower scented flower arrangements also age up Servos and turn them into a human sim. I've made a bug report about it too just in case.
I did not know that giving a flower arrangement scented with death flower would age vampires up as well @EgonVM
In case other simmers were not aware of other effects of flower arrangements scents, this is a link to a guide that explains the flower arranging skill and the effects of the scents.
https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/seasons/flower-arranging/
So, another fun fact for the day.
Grim Reaper has a special secret your sim can learn through the snooping system.
SpoilerBeing Grim
Soul reaping is not for the faint of heart. When you’ve been around as long as I have, you’ve witnessed a series of fateful events. But even as death, I have lived a full life. I have loved. I have lost. There are times where I have pitied and obliged. And times where I have been downright medieval.I even owned a cowboy hat once, although I’m not sure where I put it. Unfortunate for you, death’s secret is not one I can share. Mere mortals learning of such things before their time would be a grave mistake. One that would haunt you ’till the end of days! But I will leave you with this – rest up before you rest in peace, the afterlife can be quite lively.
It has plenty of references to Grim Reaper in previous games:
Spoiler- The Sims 2's Olivia Specter's storyline (her woohooing with Grim Reaper and having Nervous Subject).
- How at the old times when your sim pleaded, they either had to play rock-paper-scissors (The Sims 1) or which hand (The Sims 2). In addition, beating Grim Reaper in chess gets recently deceased sim resurrected. Plus The Sims 2 for Console allowed ghosts to challenge Grim Reaper to fiddle competition to get their life back.
- Grim Reaper can reject a plea in The Sims 1 and 4.
- Grim Reaper has a different appearance in The Sims Medieval. Here's a picture of him.
- Grim Reaper has a different appearance in The Sims 2 for DS. He's called Grim Cowboy there. Here's a picture of him. And here's even a concept art of him!
- Grim Reaper's secret is as cryptic as the answers he gives when he is asked for his career or if he's single.
- Finally, the last part references that sims become ghosts after death.
I am actually resharing this thing from The Sims Forums (where I go more in depth in some entries), but it's still a fun detail.
- @EgonVM It seems you've got loads of good fun facts for us! Ty for sharing all these details!
The paper rock scissors is something I remember my bestie telling me about back in the day, when she made a sim of me and won paper rock scissors against Grim so Sim-Me got to stick around as a zombie 😆 Good times. A small fun fact for today.
Sad sims with at least 2 levels in Gardening skill can water plants with tears.
Random emotional interactions were so fun to discover in The Sims 4...
Today's fun fact is a secret feature with hot tubs.
You'll have to upgrade it with Aromatherapy Upgrade first. Then you'll have to have a sim with following things:
- Mischief skill on level 10.
- Level 10 or up* in following careers: Scientist, Secret Agent, Criminal.
*"Or up" is included due to Villain branch in Secret Agent career actually having 11 levels instead of 10. - One of the following traits: Mean, Genius, Evil (Evil trait from flower arrangement gift scented with Begonia also counts)
What can you then expect? Well, you could go see it in-game, or click on the spoilers.
SpoilerYou have a new aromatherapy option: Thioacetone Oil
Once done, the hot tub will immediately break. In addition, while the aroma is active, every sim in the neighborhood gets this Uncomfortable Moodlet:SpoilerUncomfortable +4
Unimaginable Odor
(From Hot Tub)
Thioacetone may be unimaginable for you, but it isn’t for poor [Sim Name]. Get to a bathroom. FAST.
4 hours
After the Moodlet expires, the sim will need to throw up. They may do it on their own or you can direct them to by clicking on a toilet or on a bush.
This aroma can only be used once per day.Now that's a really secret feature in my books (it's hard to discover by your own)!
Yeah, side-fun fact from this post: Villain Branch in Secret Agent career is the only career to have 11 levels rather than the usual 10 levels. This is the first and only time in the whole The Sims series games.
.....It would be lovely to talk with and understand what the birds are saying in real life @simgirl1010 🙂
Today's fun fact is well...
I'll take something from my self-discovery thread.
If you want to have a self-discovery moment for Lactose Intolerant trait, your sim has to drink spoiled milk. It won't happen if your sim has Vegetarian trait and it can replace Glutton trait.
Fun For Rent fact!
Households that include horses will never appear in the potential tenant pool when filling vacancies as a property owner.
Remember, every household that is marked as Currently Not in a World has a chance of appearing there.
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Simmers probably already know this, but you can have music playing near where your sim is gardening, and they will enjoy listening to the music whilst gardening 🙂
Does the cowplant still dance to the music as well?
Yes, the cow plant does dance to the music! @OzSimsFamily 🙂 It is cute!
So, in Myshuno Meadows, there are some fireworks near the wedding arch.
Fun feature with fireworks is that if it's placed near a wedding arch, if sim gets married there or renews their vows, the fireworks will automatically fire off.
Try it yourself! Purchase fireworks from either a computer (includes an extra Wedding fireworks set!) or a festival stall and place them near the wedding arch and watch the magic happen!
Note. My Wedding Stories here to ruin the magic again! If you exchange vows in the wedding event (not through get married interaction), the fireworks won't go off.
So, if you have the pack, don't throw the event. Just get married through the arch.
Today's fun fact is something I discovered years back (April 1st, 2021).
Whenever you encounter a temple skeleton at night or summon a skeleton servant through the relic, if you learn the skeleton pun from them and tell it back to them three (sometimes more) times, they'll laugh so hard that they'll crumble into a pile of bones.
It'll delete them from the game, but they'd be deleted regardless once they leave the lot.
Today I'll share this fun fact:
You can actually exceed the 100 unit limit!
Well, you cannot add more units, but you can still change more lots into Residential Rental lots, which will count towards the limit.
So yeah, that's how I did that one:
Simmers probably already know this but sometimes after lightning strikes, there will be crystals in their garden.
Quick fun fact for today.
Teens have different animations for gossiping, flirting, yelling etc, but High School Years adds new teen-exclusive animations (friendly introduction for example.)
